Verb (used without object) : to pal around with the kid next door. From Dictionary.com.
In any case, he is known to have "palled" with Fulton, and certainly gave him many ideas. From Wordnik.com. [Greenwich Village] Reference
And then, of course, there's Ayers and the rest that Obama has at one time or another "palled" around with. From Wordnik.com. [GraniteGrok] Reference
When this amusement palled -- the French are easily. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 54, No. 337, November, 1843] Reference
Life in the country palled when food rationing ceased. From Wordnik.com. [The Complete Stories]
This allegation that he's palled around with terrorists. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Oct 15, 2008] Reference
He palled around with two other dullards from the island. From Wordnik.com. [When The Bough Breaks]
Flinx wafted until the noise died away, then palled hard. From Wordnik.com. [Orphan Star]
Metria found that this sort of thing palled fairly quickly. From Wordnik.com. [Roc and a Hard Place]
Mokwa grew restless; both his food and surroundings palled upon him. From Wordnik.com. [Followers of the Trail] Reference
I didn't care for compliments: I had plenty of them, and they palled on me. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 22. July, 1878.] Reference
As to ARRIUS, I wish I'd 'ave knowed' im, no doubt we'd 'ave palled up to-rights. From Wordnik.com. [Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 101, December 26, 1891] Reference
She missed the robins from the cherry-trees, and the cherries palled on her tongue. From Wordnik.com. [Summerfield or, Life on a Farm] Reference
He's the guy whom Christine O'Donnell's high school coven palled around withwhen. From Wordnik.com. [Jerome Corsi Wants Obama To 'Renounce Lucifer'] Reference
He was master of his surroundings, but there came a time when tadpoles palled upon him. From Wordnik.com. ["Wee Tim'rous Beasties" Studies of Animal life and Character] Reference
That might sound oppressive, but his style and craftsmanship never palled for me. From Wordnik.com. [Betty Bothroyd The Autobiography]
When the designing palled upon Pat she fell back upon her personal charm and enjoyed herself!. From Wordnik.com. [The Shield of Silence] Reference
But even slapjacks palled on his palate, especially when he had them always to cook for himself. From Wordnik.com. [Humorous Masterpieces from American Literature] Reference
Her devotion, however, had palled upon him early, perhaps more because of its habit of increasing. From Wordnik.com. [The Furnace of Gold] Reference
The dark draperies of the convent had palled, she had craved colour with an almost starved longing. From Wordnik.com. [The Shadow of the East] Reference
It ended up getting rained out, but not until after we palled around a flea market and a huge thrift store. From Wordnik.com. [chicagojo Diary Entry] Reference
"Oh, but I'm glad we're not there," sighed Ruth as she looked across at the smoke-palled and blackened stretch. From Wordnik.com. [The Moving Picture Girls at Rocky Ranch Or, Great Days Among the Cowboys] Reference
He's the guy whom Christine O'Donnell's high school coven palled around withwhen they learned "The Craft," right?. From Wordnik.com. [Jerome Corsi Wants Obama To 'Renounce Lucifer'] Reference
Tom's children -- especially his children -- which palled upon one badly and became unbearable, and beastly personal. From Wordnik.com. [The Idler Magazine, Volume III, March 1893 An Illustrated Monthly] Reference
When these innocent amusements palled upon him, he took up his violin and played a plaintive air, to which he chanted. From Wordnik.com. [The Heavenly Twins] Reference
The physical appetite gains strength, by moderate exercise; but it is palled and weakened by every instance of repletion. From Wordnik.com. [A Practical Enquiry into the Philosophy of Education] Reference
He palled around with John Wayne, shared whisky with Frank Sinatra, was a confidant of Marilyn Monroe and met eight U.S. presidents. From Wordnik.com. [James Bacon Dead: Legendary Hollywood Columnist Dies At 96] Reference
But even this palled on them after a while, for their lips were parched and cracked, and their tongues were swollen in their mouths. From Wordnik.com. [Lost on the Moon Or, in Quest of the Field of Diamonds] Reference
He palled around with John Wayne, shared whiskey with Frank Sinatra, was a confidant of Marilyn Monroe and met eight U.S. presidents. From Wordnik.com. [James Bacon, AP reporter and chronicler of Hollywood stars, dies at 96] Reference
When other interests palled, Beth would encourage Bernadine to risk her neck by persuading her to jump down after her from high places. From Wordnik.com. [The Beth Book Being a Study of the Life of Elizabeth Caldwell Maclure, a Woman of Genius] Reference
Treadwell could not always be at Trouble Neck while Sandy and Martin were at the factory-building back in the woods; reading palled upon. From Wordnik.com. [A Son of the Hills] Reference
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